elementary OS 6.0 Released For A Meticulously Crafted Linux Desktop

[kpedersen]

Are you sure about that?

So far the data from our research isn’t publicly available, largely because it contains personal information about test participants which can’t be shared. However, we do plan on making a version of the data available, with any identifying information removed.

That is surprising. Did they ever release the data? Just mentioning it on their blog doesn't inspire much confidence to be fair.

This was the one carried out by Sun regarding Gnome 2. (JDS). https://people.gnome.org/~calum/usab...port_main.html

[horizonbrave]

no COW filesystem
no Wayland
no 2021!

seriously, safety of data and security of the system should be paramount on any decent OS, more than cute factor.

[kpedersen]

I like gnome 3, Gnome 40 and Elementary OS.
If you feel so strongly about it, then why don't you find some "proper UI experts" and make something better?

These days i suppose I am. Working on a commercial FreeBSD based DaaS system with a custom desktop. It is basically a clone of Gnome 2 (called Imp) but better encapsulated and portable. An old version can be seen here (https://www.thamessoftware.co.uk/ima...elock/logo.png). These days most things have been re-implemented and the entire desktop environment (incl all programs) can even be compiled into a single static executable because everything is light and small.

The project is not open-source but we have certainly carried out a number of usability tests at schools and universities.

But ultimately, for open-source there is no need to make something new. The older stuff is very maintainable. Open-source is good like that.

A while back I also did start the OpenCDE project. I was fairly happy with it. Then I was contacted by the Open Group, and ICS to help get the actual CDE released open-source and maintained. The rest is very much history.

[eggbert]

Every single comment on this thread is a complaint of Elementary OS or GNOME smh

That's because they are both garbage.

Also, wtf is an "inclusive" desktop? Frankly, I'm sick of inclusiveness. I actively avoid any product or organization that claims to be inclusive, equitable, or any other idiotic woke buzzword.

[pracedru]

This is exactly why Gnome 3 is fairly unusable and ugly.

Gnome 2 however had an actual usability study carried out (by Sun Microsystems for the Solaris 10 JDS fork). Gnome 3 never had this. It is just programmers hacking away at what they think is a novelty to use.

I can probably safely say that none of us on these forums would be qualified to design a usable UI system. We are programmers, sysadmins and tech guys. Not UI experts. They would likely be on a different forums and thinking about things more creative than desktop environments

I like gnome 3, Gnome 40 and Elementary OS.
If you feel so strongly about it, then why don't you find some "proper UI experts" and make something better?

[AHOY]

Every single comment on this thread is a complaint of Elementary OS or GNOME smh

I like that it allow users to more easily express themselves, and also make it easier to get and more inclusive.

Even if it's not a distro I'd use I think Flatpak was very good choice and also why I asked about Wayland. It's crucial for sandboxing. These things add up like they'll get full PipeWire when they release 7.0, a year after the next Ubuntu LTS release? I hope I'm wrong.

[nado]

Every single comment on this thread is a complaint of Elementary OS or GNOME smh

[HighValueWarrior]

Have never understood the 'hype' around this distro .....

[skeevy420]

"Elementary OS 6 was designed to offer more controls, allow users to more easily express themselves, and also make it easier to get and more inclusive were among the design points."

What does this even mean? It's boilerplate gibberish.

The first two both mean "GNOME with some plugins" and the third is simply pandering to the woke crowd.

So if you're the special kind of stupid where you're unable to change the theme in Ubuntu combined with being super duper woke....

[tornado99]

Here's a concrete example of fresh design in a software interface: the new floating tabs in Firefox Proton. You moy love them or hate them, but it's clearly the work of a graphic designer and brings something new to the table.

Now name something in Elementary OS of a similar calibre.